1 Corinthians 11:5
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But every woman praying or prophesying with her head not covered disgraceth her head: for it is all one as if she were shaven.

Deuteronomy 21:12
Thou shalt bring her into thy house: and she shall shave her hair, and pare her nails,

Isaiah 47:2
Take a millstone and grind meal: uncover thy shame, strip thy shoulder, make bare thy legs, pass over the rivers.

Luke 2:36
And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser. She was far advanced in years and had lived with her husband seven years from her virginity.

Acts 21:9
And he had four daughters, virgins, who did prophesy.

1 Corinthians 11:4
Every man praying or prophesying with his head covered disgraceth his head.

1 Corinthians 11:6
For if a woman be not covered, let her be shorn. But if it be a shame to a woman to be shorn or made bald, let her cover her head.

1 Corinthians 14:34
Let women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted them to speak but to be subject, as also the law saith.

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But every woman praying or prophesying with her head not covered disgraceth her head: for it is all one as if she were shaven.

or.

Luke 2:36 And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser. She was far advanced in years and had lived with her husband seven years from her virginity.

Acts 2:17 And it shall come to pass, in the last days, (saith the Lord), I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy: and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.

Acts 21:9 And he had four daughters, virgins, who did prophesy.

shaven.

Deuteronomy 21:12 Thou shalt bring her into thy house: and she shall shave her hair, and pare her nails,

Context
Roles in Worship
4Every man praying or prophesying with his head covered disgraceth his head. 5But every woman praying or prophesying with her head not covered disgraceth her head: for it is all one as if she were shaven. 6For if a woman be not covered, let her be shorn. But if it be a shame to a woman to be shorn or made bald, let her cover her head.…
Lexicon
And
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

every
πᾶσα (pasa)
Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.

woman
γυνὴ (gynē)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 1135: A woman, wife, my lady. Probably from the base of ginomai; a woman; specially, a wife.

[who] prays
προσευχομένη (proseuchomenē)
Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 4336: To pray, pray for, offer prayer. From pros and euchomai; to pray to God, i.e. Supplicate, worship.

or
(ē)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2228: Or, than. A primary particle of distinction between two connected terms; disjunctive, or; comparative, than.

prophesies
προφητεύουσα (prophēteuousa)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 4395: From prophetes; to foretell events, divine, speak under inspiration, exercise the prophetic office.

with [her]
τῇ (tē)
Article - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

head
κεφαλῇ (kephalē)
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 2776: From the primary kapto; the head, literally or figuratively.

uncovered
ἀκατακαλύπτῳ (akatakalyptō)
Adjective - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 177: Unveiled, uncovered. Unveiled.

dishonors
καταισχύνει (kataischynei)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2617: From kata and aischunomai; to shame down, i.e. Disgrace or put to the blush.

her
αὐτῆς (autēs)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Feminine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

head,
κεφαλὴν (kephalēn)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 2776: From the primary kapto; the head, literally or figuratively.

for
γάρ (gar)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.

it is
ἐστιν (estin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

just [as if]
αὐτὸ (auto)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative Neuter 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

her head were shaved.
ἐξυρημένῃ (exyrēmenē)
Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3587: To shave, shear, cut off the hair. From a derivative of the same as xulon; to shave or 'shear' the hair.


Additional Translations
And every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, for it is just as if her head were shaved.

And every woman praying or prophesying with the head uncovered dishonors her head; for it is one and the same with having been shaven.

But every woman that prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven.

But every woman praying or prophesying with her head unveiled dishonoreth her head; for it is one and the same thing as if she were shaven.

But every woman praying or prophesying with her head uncovered puts her own head to shame; for it is one and the same as a shaved [woman].

But every woman praying or prophesying with her head unveiled dishonoureth her head: for it is one and the same thing as if she were shaven.

But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered, dishonoreth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaved.

but a woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her Head, for it is exactly the same as if she had her hair cut short.

But every woman praying or prophesying with her head unveiled dishonors her head. For it is one and the same thing as if she were shaved.

and every woman praying or prophesying with the head uncovered, doth dishonour her own head, for it is one and the same thing with her being shaven,
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